The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-10

and stupid. as Jones Hamilton was Kraudly 1
brave. And IN the Hsht of Col Hsmilton1
p. nsI ms may Sor see the esu:s q the
idly WAITING for Col. Hamilton to conclad.
what TO do, and then get out Of hi. carriage
aud come back aud ihoot him 10 the dea b.
But those who ktew Gambrell have thought
that be was not so stupid as this woul make
us believe, and Rave thought that there was
sDoihe, and different xplana ion Of that |
lull. That GambrelPs cry If murder which |
followed the first shot tells rs too plainly
thit be wa' stricken down. azd that his
tlayets paused a moment to see if heir work |
was dObe; but though down the body /
moved, and the work went on. And when
the shooting was over there was another
JUL, and then came the. scene which even
now makes us resell in infinite horror and
,ickness Of soul. The form Of koderick
Gapbrell wing pierced through and through,
with the stains Of dust and blood u on his /
bro 4. and the cold kiss Of death settling en- !
his lips--all this did not satiate their thirst
Tor blood, and ne of the tive men going !
eastward upon the bridge. turned back /
and, bending ever the form of the
that struck Gambrell, and three that missed
and sank deep into the heavy plank. The |
fact that some OF he blows struck the plank |
the bridge whom the blows were struck. and |
when he was thus prostrste, with three bull |
lets in him, one entirely through his body |
and one through bis skull, IL did not need |
any blow 20 render him utterly helpless,
There could h,ve been but one reason for |
those savage blOws-the dark, Ozark reason |
that dead men tell no tales-and but for |
those blows tho physicians tell US that Gam.
friend to have beut over him and heard his |
story, and terrible would have been the |
story that bis whue lips would have tod. |
Not well the testimony upon the point that
last shot. A considerable interval occurred,
and every second CT time that then apsed
cries out against the accused. and tells us
that IL was an alter Thought that per aps his
lit might move enoueh 20 tell something of
the terrible sight that glaIe1 upon him
when he iell.
The huJan mind utterly rejects the theory
thai IL was u chance ARRAY, and is ir-
Ie'iSt.bly draw to the conclusion that some
one had the purpose Of assassin att92 m his
mind that night. Who wa III Not Rod
erick Gamhrsl peace be with his white
soul in the land of eternal dawu-he never
nursed s. dark purpose in his heart. he
never, wa ched an eremy until all is rela--
tiVes had lett, and then had spy to report
to him whom his enemy itarted out upon a
journey Slone He never wore such muir
derOus. Sseapons as these whom he went down
upon the motives Of. . two men
-see which one hal hatred and malice-lOok
upon them just before the affr-y and look
a H..
which one h d The hslI,sh purpoFe in his
souI MANY witnesses have testit ed here.
and their testimony has woven and wound
an awful web of guilt about the accused. but
IN mrs which hear evidence a.ainst them
more damning still Ihey utter testimony
louder than he shots which tn rillet thr ugh
the shuddering air on that long to be re-
inc cry of The murdeI cd youth0and tbeir
tsstimonv sinks ,nto the minds Of all who
see than. and writes its A ful oondemna-
lion there The wtese' TIL ", !; in N nsqsssS
hats I ,bem bSs mnrder d. in his soul thai
D;abt1tbat he had h, sodsd over 20 a imas-
;nsrv vrnno mil ba ii onaht that .niv the
| hooa ~ bis anamv .oeid msd;cins ,hs
Dioou ., u;, III; bis hso,t 0Osp ccorS;na 10 coz
umiIiomi - s,oiamenp ,tranSe H.n wsre he
a 90 I'll ;od.s1 ssrinns 80 No. 10
snS ISbpenbrsnS H. nress wSo wban sc ed
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nher. shed hat Coz, p,miIton was foo h ave.
tno 49, on5 80 ohivairS ne 20 cnm n ,
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proof evident and tho presumption great?
ana ior answer Is there mere iosh oyer US an nise
spaSer., the fac. thai Rcderick q 1mbrell no
longer expsc ed an att ck; thus long snd
ot tSe fct tbst Vi th ha9 Wy Suu nS bad
gone to Clinton, To- gathered and watche /
the train mon which h. came in that thsy
ssnnrhted and II mot again ms in time 10
snrron"I ,ha doamed bodv ns he set foot
:. uron Tho hTi iSe the fat that the s;muIts
nsOus aGshes Of three differont pistoi,, CON
fo eHS ~ .ne Po Nv mi it li roo 10y was
i Wpe. cbahis W',DsssSs. the of hat the
boz was nit IL" Line an h d no |, iury to
syense; that the bullet TAKEN from his
I'D co,,,iS not bova hoor TN ~ s.ms
D Isl i. bat the' cs ,,"Sa onnii MOI baIe
ba..n M n N. scona sSen ~ nv
6red, fhat RndsTick Gambra. ntt.yed a
p,ereinT cry of "Murderl5 after N fir, /
no ,bor 3os,or be va ain apl haI I.s
on. a m. man tnSr.a bact a. csn.b.d in
n 81, vn'cb mia not hsvs bo.n d.
Tor anI norno a MT IN s;Isnos Ins hso
tors No d. covlJ ca,cb h. du;ot 20 r.. I'll
III. a. facts mr. and ,nsb oy.r ne WI h n rsi
sistisss oTcs a d driys tom ns The last In
S.rins donS' wbicb ws nOca us I'D, III .o,r
tanned. Ihey prove the guilt of the accused
wa SrOe siI'si and stare a6f ia
stared Waen, with bloody hands. he bent
over the mansled fern of R0dsGick Gam